TERMS & Conditions

Overview

Rise Art is a curated online gallery dedicated to helping people discover great art. We work with a wide range of artists, from established gallery regulars to exciting up-and-coming creatives. Each artist has been hand-selected by our expert team, who hunt down the most exciting contemporary artists out there. We have thousands of artworks available to buy or to rent, across every imaginable style, subject and price range.

This year, Rise Art is launching a global competition to unearth extraordinary artists from five regions of the world. Artists will compete to be winners of their relevant medium categories (Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Screen Print etc) before going head to head with the other regional winners for the final Rise Art Global Artist of the Year Award. The aim of the competition is to take a stand against art funding cuts by encouraging and rewarding artists on the rise.

Titles to be Awarded

Global Artist of the Year

UK Artist of the Year

UK Young Artist of the Year

People’s Choice Award

Category Awards

Prize Details

Global Artist of the Year

£10,000 cash prize

Exhibition in central London

Mentorship package from industry experts

Short film biopic created to promote their work

Recognition as a featured Rise Art artist, with a seller profile on www.riseart.com

Recognition as a featured Rise Art artist, with a seller profile on www.riseart.com

Timeline

16th October 2017 – Entries open

12th November 2017 – Entries close

29th November – Shortlist of regional finalists announced

January 2018 – Global judging takes place

February 2018 – Awards ceremony following exhibition of finalists’ works

Our Judges

Regional entries will be judged by a panel of arts professionals and industry experts specific to each region. Shortlisted finalists will be judged by a panel made up of art world experts, world class artists and Rise Art’s Head Curator.

Please note that there will be publicity campaigns for every stage of the competition.

How to Enter

All applicants (excluding those submitting to the Young UK category) must submit 6-10 artworks. At least 3 of these have to be available for sale as of the competition closing date. We’ll ask for a brief artist biography written in the third person, plus a short overview of the nature of the work, what inspired it and which materials have been used. Applicants will also need to submit their contact details and agree to become a Rise Art Seller.

Shortlisted artists will be required to send one or two examples of their work to London end Jan / early Feb 2018 to be judged in person.

Terms & Conditions

The competition is open to all artists across the globe. You must be over 18 years of age to be eligible, unless you’re applying for the Young UK Artist of the Year title.

Only one entry per artist is allowed.

An admin fee of £30 is required from each artist to enter competition.

Rise Art reserves the right to disqualify anyone who submits incomplete, damaged or illegible entries.

By submitting to the competition, an applicant is also applying to becoming a Rise Art Seller. Please find Rise Art’s seller terms & conditions here.

Entries must be submitted no later than midnight on 12th November 2017, London time.

The Rise Art Prize 2017 competition will be judged by a panel of regional judges who will decide on a shortlist of artists for global consideration. The shortlisted entries will be judged by a global panel of 6-10 arts professionals and experts alongside a Rise Art brand representative.

Shortlisted artists will be announced and individuals contacted as soon as the regional round of judging has taken place.

Unsuccessful entrants will not be notified.

Rise Art cannot take any responsibility for an artwork entry being lost or damaged in transit whilst being sent over for the final round of judging.

Rise Art is responsible for storing and keeping the artworks after their arrival to London and prior to their shipment back. In case of damage, Rise Art’s seller terms & conditions apply.

Artists will be responsible for packing and shipping their works to London for the finalist exhibition. Rise Art may be able to help and reimburse partially or in full some artists who require assistance with these costs or organisation of shipping. It will be judged on a case by case basis.

Return of the artworks after the finalist exhibition must be done in the 2 weeks subsequent to the exhibition closing and Rise Art will assist with the packaging of the artworks for the return shipment. In the case that this is not observed, Rise Art reserves the right to dispose of the artworks without compensation to the artists.

The non-cash prizes will be as stated and cannot be exchanged for a cash alternative.

In the event of the finalists or the winners being uncontactable (including illness, unavailability), after reasonable attempts have been made or if any is found to be in breach of the rules for any reason, Rise Art reserves the right to offer the place to a runner-up at the relevant stage but are not obliged to do so.

Rise Art and the judging panels’ decisions as to the finalists and winner is final.

The judging panels could change. This is at Rise Art’s discretion and a suitable alternative will be found.

Applicants and nominees are required to be available for any publicity, marketing, media or online activity related to the Rise Art Prize (including without limitation of the use of their names, and any photographs of them) at any stage of the competition, without payment.

Rise Art reserves the right to cancel this competition or amend any of these rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion or if circumstances arise outside of its control.

Rise Art will only ever use personal details for the purpose of administering this competition and will not publish them or provide them to anyone without permission.

Applicants are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions when consenting to the application.

By entering this competition, you are granting permission to the promoter to use your images, video, stories for the use of PR including media partnerships with Independent and the Express and marketing including but not limited to the website, social media, newsletter, publicity.